The narrow sectarian cannot read astronomy with impunity. The creeds of his church shrivel like dried leaves at the door of the observatory.

All writing comes by the grace of God.

But whoso is heroic must find crises to try his edge. Human virtue demands her champions and martyrs, and the trial of persecution always proceeds.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

For beauty is God's handwriting...A nd, thank God for it as a cup of His blessing.

Take the place and attitude to which you see your unquestionable right, and all men acquiesce.

The value of a dollar is to buy just things; a dollar goes on increasing in value with all the genius and all the virtue of the world. A dollar in a university is worth more than a dollar in a jail; in a temperate, schooled, law-abiding community than in some sink of crime, where dice, knives, and arsenic are in constant play.